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Behind the scenes of the Archaeology Lab

Tucked away on the edge of campus, a giant metal mammoth guards Augustana’s Archaeology Lab. Lab One, a converted single-story home, wouldn’t look out of place in any American city. A peek through the window of Lab Two, a once-bustling art gallery, reveals a shelf of skulls that

Anthropology Club’s prehistoric pitch

Anthropology Club’s prehistoric pitch

The Anthropology Club kicked off their semester with a bang – or more accurately, with a whoosh and thud. The club hosted atlatl throwing on the campus green, drawing in curious students to learn more about the club and to try their hand at throwing an atlatl. An atlatl, known as

New anthropology professor kicks off archeology seminar series

New anthropology professor kicks off archeology seminar series

In fourth grade, Phyllis Johnson was already dreaming about becoming an archeologist. She grew up in Ohio where the social studies curriculum included an archeology unit. At one time, there were an estimated ten thousand Native American burial mounds in the state, and her fourth grade class visited some of